Presentations & Publications

Recent Presentations:

Alonso M: “Pediatric organ donation and transplantation: Celebrating the gift of life and Cincinnati Children’s experiences.” Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Grand Rounds, Cincinnati, OH, March 2009.

Alonso M: “Surgical management of the renal transplant patient and postsurgical complications.” Grand Rounds, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH, May 2009.

Azizkhan RG: “Contemporary management of vascular anomalies.” Mini-symposium with Denise Adams, MD.  55th Annual British Association of Paediatric Surgery International Congress, Salamanca, Spain, July 2008.

Azizkhan RG: “Obesity: The national impact on pediatric appendicitis.” American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Surgery, Boston, MA, October 2008.

Azizkhan RG: “Cystic lung disease.”  24th Annual Congress of the Egyptian Pediatric Surgical Association, Cairo, Egypt, November 2008.

Azizkhan RG: “Complex hemangiomas: Contemporary diagnosis and management.” Visiting Professor, Pecs University and Miskolc Children’s Hospital, Hungary, October  2008.

Azizkhan RG: “Cystic lung disease.” Imre Pilaszanovich Visiting Professor, Pecs University & Miskolc Children’s Hospital, Hungary, October 2008.

Azizkhan RG: “Training in pediatric surgery in the USA.”  Visiting Professor, Meet the Expert, Semmelweis University, Hungary, October 2008.

Azizkhan RG: “Cystic lung disease: Perinatal diagnosis and management.” Visiting Professor, St Radboud University, Nijmegan Netherlands, January 2009.

Azizkhan RG: “Venolymphatic malformations: Contemporary management.” Visiting Professor, St Radboud University, Nijmegan Netherlands, January 2009.

Azizkhan RG: “Surgical perspective on the importance of integrated and coordinated care of patients with epidermolysis bullosa.” Visiting Professor, Children’s Memorial Hospital & Columbia University, New York, February 2009.

Azizkhan RG: “Treatment of venous and veno-lymphatic malformations in children and adults.” Visiting Professor, Syracuse (SUNY Upstate), New York, April 2009.

Barnett SJ, Levitt MA, Breech L, Falcone RA, Pena A: “Minimally invasive opportunities for patients with imperforate anus, rectovestibular fistula and absent or atretic vagina.”  International Pediatric Endosurgery Group 17th Annual Congress, 2008.

Brown RL:  “Perforated necrotizing enterocolitis: To drain or not to drain, still the question.”  Pediatric Grand Rounds, Cincinnati, OH, September 2008.

Brown RL:  “Hernias and hydroceles.” Pediatric Surgery Resident Lecture, Cincinnati, OH, September 2008.

Burton, K, Falcone RA: “Evaluating the use of simulation training on technical and teamwork skills of personnel, care processes, and serious safety events on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation” (Poster).  19th Annual ELSO Conference/AmSECT Pediatric Perfusion Conference. San Diego, CA, September 2008.

Burton K, Geis G, Perkins T, Moyer M, Falcone RA: “Evaluating the use of simulation training on technical and teamwork skills of personnel, care processes, and serious safety events on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.”  9th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Lake Buena Vista, FL, January 2009.

Crombleholme TM: “Endothelial progenitor cells: Their role in neovascularization.”  Faculty Research Crosstalk, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, November 2008.

Crombleholme TM: “Updates in fetal surgery.”  19th Annual Ultrasound Conference, St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, Department of OB/GYN, St. Louis, MO, December 2008.

Crombleholme TM:  “Acute echocardiographic response to SLFP for TTTS. Outcome of TTTS in triplet and quad pregnancies.”  IFMSS 2008 Conference, Athens, Greece, September 2008.

Dasgupta R, Ying J, Azizkhan R: “Appendicitis: The national impact of obesity.”  American Academy of Pediatrics, Boston, MA, October 2008.

Dickie B, Barnett SJ, Levitt MA:  “Laparoscopy in pediatric situs inversus totalis: Case report and literature review.”  International Pediatric Endosurgery Group 17th Annual Congress, 2008.

Huezo K, Lu EL, Brunn M, Ricketts C, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA: “Alarming delays in transfer of severely injured pediatric trauma patients.” American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Maui, Hawaii, September 2008.

Martin CA, Levitt MA, Falcone RA, Pena A: “Transanal rectosigmoid resection for severe intractable idiopathic constipation.” American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section, Boston MA, October 2008.

Rangel EL, Cook BS, Bennett BL, Shebesta K, Ying J, Falcone RA: “Use of guidelines decrease disparity in screening for abuse in infants with head injury.” American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section. Boston MA, October 2008.

Rangel EL, Burd RS, Falcone RA, et al: “Socioeconomic disparities in infant mortality following non-accidental trauma: A multicenter study.” American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section. Boston MA, October 2008. 

Recent Publications:

Azizkhan RG. Perinatal tumors. In Carachi R, Grosfeld JL, Azmy AF (eds), The Surgery of Childhood Tumors, 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.  9:145-170, 2008.

Azizkhan RG. Vascular disorders.  In Gupta DK, Sharma SS, Azizkhan RG (eds), Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management.  Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, Chapter 97, 2009.

Azizkhan RG, Crombleholme TM. Congenital cystic lung disease: Contemporary antenatal and postnatal management.  Pediatr Surg Int 24:643-666, 2008.

Azizkhan RG. Alimentary tract duplications. In Gupta DK, Sharma SS, Azizkhan RG (eds), Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management.  Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, Chapter 58, 2009.

Azizkhan RG. Congenital airway malformations. In Puri P (ed), Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 27:263-275, 2009.

Barnett SJ, Nelson BW, Sorenson BS, Soto LJ, Leonard AS, and Saltzman DA. Utilization of an attenuated salmonella typhimurium species in the treatment of cancer. Current Trends in Research, in press.

Barnett S, Levitt MA, Breech L, Falcone RA, Pena A.  Minimally invasive opportunities for patients with imperforate anus with rectovestibular fistula and absent or atretic vagina.   J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech 18:554, 2008.

Barraco RD, Cheng JD, Bromberg WJ, Falcone RA, Hammond JS, Lui FY, Sandhu RS, Scaff DW.  Child passenger safety: An evidence-based review.  J Trauma, in press, 2009.

Bensard, D, Hendrickson, R, Careskey JM, Azizkhan RG. Early discharge following laparoscopic appendectomy in children utilizing an evidence-based clinical pathway.  J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech, in press, 2009.

Dasgupta R, Adams D, Elluru R, Wentzel MS, Azizkhan RG. Noninterventional treatment of selected head and neck lymphatic malformations.  J Pediatr Surg 43:869-873, 2008.

Dasgupta R, Azizkhan RG.  Thoracoscopic resection of bronchogenic cysts.  In Saxena AK, Hollwarth ME (eds), The Essentials of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery. Springer, in press, 2009.

Dasgupta R, Langer JC. Complications of colon surgery. In Caty and Glick (eds), Complications of Pediatric Surgery.  Informa Healthcare, 2008.

Dasgupta R, Langer JC.  Evaluation and management of the child with persistent problems after surgery for Hirschsprung disease.  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 46(1):13-19, 2008.

Dickie B, Dasgupta R, Nair R, Alonso MH, Ryckman FC, Tiao GM, Adams DM, Azizkhan RG. Spectrum of hepatic hemangiomas: Management and outcome.  J Pediatr Surg 44 (1):125-33, 2009.

Falcone RA Jr, Daugherty M, Schweer L, Patterson M, Brown RL, Garcia VF. Multidisciplinary pediatric trauma team training utilizing high fidelity trauma simulation.  J Pediatr Surg 43(6):1065-1071, 2008.

Falcone RA. Gastroshisis and omphalocele.  In Chung D (ed), Pediatric Surgery Atlas. In press, 2009.

Falcone R, Daugherty M, Schweer L, Patterson M, Brown R, Garcia V.  Multidisciplinary pediatric trauma team training using high fidelity trauma simulation.  J Pediatr Surg 43:1065-1071, 2008.

Falcone R, Martin C, Brown R, Garcia V.  Despite overall low pediatric head injury mortality, disparities exist between races.  J Pediatr Surg 43:1858-1864, 2008.

Faye-Petersen OM, Crombleholme TM.  Twin-to-twin transfusion: Part 3. Mortality and neurodevelopment outcomes following intervention.  NeoReviews 9(9):e393-e397, 2008.

Gordon A, Kozin ED, Keswani SG, Vaikunth SS, Katz AB, Zoltick PW, Favata M, Radu AP, Soslowsky LJ, Herlyn M, Crombleholme TM.  Permissive environment in postnatal wounds induced by adenoviral-mediated overexpression of the anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 prevents scar formation.  Wound Repair Regen 18;16(1):70-79, 2008.

Gupta, DK, Sharma S, Azizkhan RG (Editors). Pediatric Surgery: Diagnosis and Management.  Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, 2008.

Jafri M, Alonso M, Kaul A, Dierig J, Racadio J, Inge T, Brown R, Ryckman F, Tiao G. Intraoperative manometry during laparoscopic Heller myotomy improves outcome in pediatric achalasia.  J Pediatr 43:66-70, 2008.

Kelly RE, Cash TF, Shamberger RC, Mitchell KK, Mellins RB, Lawson ML, Oldham K, Azizkhan RG, et al. Surgical repair of pectus excavatum markedly improves body image and perceived ability for physical activity: Multicenter study.  Pediatrics 122(6):1218-1222, 2008.

Leslie DB, Kellogg TA, Boutelle KN, Barnett SJ, Schwarzenberg SJ, Harrison AR, Ikramuddin S. Preserved vision without growth retardation after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in a morbidly obese child with pseudotumor cerebri: 36-Month follow-up.  J Pediatr Surg 43(7):e27-30, 2008.

Levitt MA, Martin CA, Falcone RA, Pena A. Transanal rectosigmoid resection for severe intractable idiopathic constipation.  J Pediatr Surg 44:1285-1291, 2009.

Levitt MA, Mak GZ, Falcone RA, Pena A.  Cloacal exstrophy pull-through or permanent stoma: A review of 53 patients.  J Pediatr Surg 43:164-170, 2008.

Lim F, Haberman B, Fridrickson J, Hirsch R, Tiao G, Inge T, Falcone R, Crombleholme T.  Use of inhaled eprostenol for severe pulmonary hypertension in high risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients.  J Ped Surg, in press, 2009.

Lomenick JP, Reifschneider KL, Lucky AW, Adams D, Azizkhan RG, et al. Prevalence of adrenal insufficiency following systemic glucocorticoid therapy in infants with hemangiomas.  Arch Derm 145(3):262-267, 2009.

Mahller YY, Vaikunth SS, Ripberger MC, Baird WH, Saeki Y, Cancelas JA, Crombleholme TM, Cripe TP.  Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase e-3 via oncolytic herpes virus inhibits tumor growth and vascular progenitors.  Cancer Res 68(4):1170-1179, 2008.

Martin C, Falcone R. Pediatric traumatic brain injury: An update of research to understand and improve outcomes. Curr Opin Pediatr 20(3):294-299, 2008.

Martin CA, Care M, Rangel EL, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA.  Severity of head CT scan findings fail to explain racial differences in mortality following child abuse. Am J Surg, in press, 2009.

McManus M, Fox H, Limb S, Strickland B, Mann M, Arango P, Armstrong P, Azizkhan R, et al. New workforce, practice, and payment reforms essential for improving access to pediatric subspecialty care within the medical home.  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163(3):200-202, 2009.

Morris LM, Lim FY, Livingston JC, Polzin WJ, Crombleholme TM. High-risk fetal congenital pulmonary airway malformations have a variable response to steroids.  J Pediatr Surg 44:60-64, 2009.

Mortell A, Azizkhan RG.  Esophageal atresia repair with thoracotomy: The Cincinnati experience.  Semin Pediatr Surg 18:12-19, 2009.

Pasternak BA, Collins MH, Tiao GM, Rudolph JA, Alonso MH, Ryckman FC, Kocoshis SA. Anatomic and histologic variability of epithelial apoptosis in small bowel transplants. Pediatr Transplant, in press, 2009.

Perman MJ, Lucky AW, Heubi JE, Azizkhan RG. Severe symptomatic hypocalcemia in a patient with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa treated with zoledronic acid.  Arch Derm 145(1):95-96, 2009.

Pieretti RV, Nance ML, Islam S, Wales PW,  Brown R, Falcone R, Gaines B , Moore RO, Gosler P, Inaba K, Barmparas G, Upperman JS, Estrada J, Lanning D, Rasmussen S, Danielson PD, Hirsh M, Cosani H, Stylianos S, Norwood S, Speier, Bruch S, Drongowski R, Barraco R,  Pasquale M,  Hussain, Scaife E, Metzger R, McNeeley PD, Fallat M, Iocono J, Waxman K, Kam K, Chang Y, Velmahos GC, Masiakos PT.  Clearance of the cervical spine according to clinical criteria in blunt trauma patients under the age of three: A multi-center study of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.  J Trauma, in press, 2009.

Rangel SJ, Martin CA, Brown RL, Garcia VF, Falcone RA Jr. Alarming trends in the improper use of motor vehicle restraints in children: Implications for public policy and the development of race-based strategies for improving compliance.  J Pediatr Surg 43(1):200-207, 2008.

Rangel SJ, Falcone RA. Wading through the clinical evidence: A primer for pediatric surgeons. In Caty M, Levitt MA (eds), Pediatric Surgical Complications. In press, 2009.

Ryckman FC, Bucuvalas JC, Nathan J, Alonso M, Tiao G, Balistreri WF. Outcomes following liver transplantation.  Seminars in Pediatric Surgery 17:123-130, 2008.

Stehr W, Azizkhan RG, Farrell MK, Lucky AW, Johnson ND, Racadio JM. Non-endoscopic percutaneous gastrostomy in children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.  Pediatr Surg Int 24:349-354, 2008.

 

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